Biographies
Life stories of Mennonites who settled, served and shaped communities in Saskatchewan.
Abraham Derksen 1866-1926
Abraham J. Derksen was born July 19, 1866 in Russia and came to Canada as young lad. Very little is known of his youth, only a bit of...
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Abraham Giesbrecht 1846-1923
Abraham Giesbrecht was born Feb. 28, 1846, in Russia to Jacob Giesbrecht and Elizabeth Driedger. His wife, Helena Martens, was born Aug. 29, 1848 to Johan Martens and...
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Abram Neufeld 1877-1942
Abraham Neufeld was born Feb. 19, 1877 in Manitoba to Herman and Maria (Knelson) Neufeld. His parents had come to Canada from Russia on the S.S. Canadian. The...
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Aeltester Jacob Wiens 1855-1932
Aeltester Jacob Wiens was born on May 11, 1855 to Jacob Wiens and Anna Friesen. He came: to Canada with his parents on the S.S. Sarmatian. This ship...
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Aron Guenter 1874-1949
Aron F. Guenter (1874-1949) was born March 18, 1874, in Nu Chortitz, in the Chortitza – Colony of the South Ukraine, His parents, Franz (1822~1900) and Katharine (Dyck), his...
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Bartsch, Gerhard – 1859-1925
Mrs. Gerhard Bartsch (Katharina Harms) Gerhard Bartsch was born Sept. 25, 1859 to Johann Bartsch and Aganetha Berg. The Bartsch family came to Canada on the S.S. Canadian...
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Benjamin Goertzen 1873-1929
Benjamin Goertzen was born Nov. 22, 1873 to Gerhard Goertzen and Helena Reddekopp. The Goertzens came to Canada on the S.S. Peruvian. This ship arrived in Quebec City...
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Cornelius Driedger 1867-1934
Cornelius Driedger was born Sept. 14, 1867 Driedger. to Peter and Maria (Olfert) Driedger. The Driedger family came to Canada from Russia on the S.S. Canadian. This ship...
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Cornelius Hamm 1878-1947
Aeltester Cornelius Hamm was born Nov. 5, 1878 in Neuendorf. Russia to Martin and Maria (Peters) Hamm. At the age of 13. he moved with his parents to...
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David A. Dyck 1881-1966
David A. Dyck was born at Reinland, Manitoba on Dec. 29, 1881 to Abram and Margaretha (Friesen) Dyck. He was the first child born to this marriage. His...
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David Martens 1845-1926
David Martens was born JuIy 17, 1845 to David Martens and Katherina Derksen. He was married to Anna Wall on Jan. 12, 1868. She was born Dec. 6,...
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Franz Bullin 1884-1952
Franz Bullin was born in Austria on March 31, 1884. His father Johan Bullin had been married twice and Franz was the oldest child from the second marriage....
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Gerhard Hein – 1856-1924
Gerhard Hein was born August 29, 1856 in Petershagen, Russia. His first wife was Susanna Hiebert, who was born Oct. 1, 1861. They were married on Jan. 1,...
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Gerhard Janzen 1877-1947
Gerhard Janzen was born Nov. 30, 1877 to Gerhard Janzen and Anna Peters. The Janzens came to Canada on the S.S. Canadian. Their ship arrived in Quebec City...
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Heinrich Doell – 1863-1934
Heinrich Doell was born Dec. 9, 1863, to Jacob Doell and Justina Loewen. He came to Canada as a young man from Russia together with his parents. Their...
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Heinrich Friesen 1879-1955
Heinrich Friesen was born Jan. 17, 1879. His parents, Gerhard and Susanna (Ens) Friesen had come to Canada from Russia in the 1870s and settled in the village...
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Heinrich Janzen 1879-1920
Heinrich was born June 23, to Franz Janzen and Helena Ens. The Janzen family came to Canada on the S.S. Quebec. This ship arrived in Quebec City on...
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Heinrich Wiebe 1881- 1968
Heinrich Wiebe was born Sept. 6, 1881, in Manitoba. Heinrich Wiebe and Katharine Miller. His parents came to Canada as young adults with their parents in 1875. The...
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Heinrich Wiens -1881-1945
Heinrich Wiens was born Oct. 12, 1881, in Manitoba to Heinrich Wiens’ and Agatha Fehr. The Wiens family had come to Canada from Russia the 1870’s and settled...
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Herman Bueckert – 1850-1937
Herman Bueckert was born July 15, 1850 to Peter Bueckert and Elizabeth Martens. He was married Dec. 10, 1872, to Sarah Driedger. She born Sept. 23, 1852 to...
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Herman Dyck 1876-1959
Herman Dyck was born Nov. 8, 1876 in Manitoba to lsaah Dyck and Susan Fehr. His parents emigrated to Canada from Russia on July 6, 1875, on a...
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Isaac Bergen 1872-1960
Isaac Bergen was born October 3, 1873, to Franz Bergen and Eva Neudorf. He came to Canada from Russia, with his parents on the S.S. Peruvian. This ship...
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Isaac Hildebrandt 1864-1929
Isaac Hildebrand was born June 18, 1864, to Heinrich Hildebrand and Helena Martens. He came to Canada with his parents on the S.S. Quebec. They arrived in Quebec...
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Isaac Janzen 1870-1935
Isaac Janzen was born Jan. 13, 1870, to Gerhard Janzen and Anna Peters. At the age of five he came to Canada from Russia with his parents on...
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